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MACAU, March 31- Macau is drafting new construction safety rules, officials said, after several workers died this month at casino sites amid a building boom in the world's largest gambling hub. While the fatality numbers are relatively low, and lag the 16 deaths in industrial accidents in Hong Kong last year, they are relatively rare in Macau, the only place where...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 26- A bill to create two casino gambling "destination resorts" in south Florida divided the Republican-controlled statehouse on Thursday, with the expansion of craps, slot machines and high-stakes gaming opposed by family-oriented tourist attractions. Proponents argue that Florida is losing billions in tourism revenue to Caribbean...

NEW CITY, N.Y.— A Pennsylvania man recovering from surgery has won $7 million off a lottery ticket tucked into his get-well card. Joseph Amorese, of Easton, got the ticket from his father, who lives in the hamlet of Congers in Rockland County, New York. A few scratches later on the " $7 million Golden Ticket," and he was feeling great.

But an obscure 1988 legal covenant between the casino's former owner, Caesars Entertainment, and its next-door neighbor, the Trump Taj Mahal casino, appears to be thwarting those plans. He says Trump Entertainment Resorts is enforcing the covenant. Candidly, Caesars Entertainment was to resolve a 1988 covenant with Trump Taj Mahal, and we were led to believe...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.— Trump Entertainment Resorts has been fined for not notifying the state about a patron who was assaulted at one of its casinos and has to hand over more than $2,600 won by underage gamblers. The company is forfeiting $2,648 that Trump Plaza won by gamblers later found to be underage. Trump Plaza closed Sept. 16, 2014.

Tioga Downs, a harness racing track and electronic gambling facility in Nichols, is the only group that has announced plans to bid for the license. The board instead endorsed casino projects in the Catskills, the Finger Lakes and Schenectady. A proposal for a casino in the city of Binghamton is another possibility, according to Binghamton Mayor Richard C. David,...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.— Gamblers who have been ordered to return $1.5 million they won at an Atlantic City casino that unknowingly used unshuffled cards are asking a judge to let them keep the money. "The trial judge considered the law and made a very thoughtful and correct decision," he told The Associated Press. Once players realized the pattern in which the cards were...

OXFORD, Maine— Slot machine gambling was down $15 million at the Oxford Casino in 2014 while the Hollywood Casino in Bangor saw a $10 million drop, but the state's top gambling regulator says he's not surprised and both casinos are making money. Figures from the Maine Gambling Control Board's annual report show players wagered $662 million at Oxford and $459.6...

TOKYO/ BILOXI, Mississippi, March 19- Japan's tax authorities have begun a review of how slot machine maker and casino developer Universal Entertainment accounted for $40 million in payments made in 2010 to an associate of the Philippines' top gambling regulator at that time, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. On Wednesday, Universal said in a...

BOSTON— New Bedford is all-in as it vies for the state's final gambling license. Monday had been the most recent deadline, but the New Bedford and Somerset developers had appealed for more time. "We're ready to go in New Bedford."

MONTICELLO, N.Y.— An upstate New York real estate broker's rule of buying lottery tickets only when the jackpot is over $100 million has paid off. Tammy Pratt of South Fallsburg was introduced Wednesday as the sole winner of the $126 million Mega Millions jackpot drawn on Feb. 27. Noticing the jackpot for the upcoming drawing had topped $100 million, she bought $4...

Based on the real-life streets of Atlantic City, Monopoly is one of the world's most popular board games. The city's mayor, Don Guardian, says Monopoly remains relevant in present-day Atlantic City, where the casino industry is shrinking, taxes are rising, and the city and state are racing to build new attractions less dependent on gambling to bring in tourists...

SINGAPORE/ MANILA, March 2- More than three years after opening ultra-luxe nightclub Pangaea in Singapore's glitzy Marina Bay Sands, owner Michael Van Cleef Ault is now betting that Manila's casinos will be able to draw rich punters and partygoers through his doors. The increase in the number of wealthy Chinese gamblers fleeing Macau amid Beijing's...